by admin | Mar 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
March 4, 2011Press play to listenIn the late nineties, Eastern Michigan University assembled some its best basketball teams. The Eagles were so good they stunned the Duke Blue Devils in the first round of the 1996 NCAA tournament, 75-60. They were led by...
by admin | Feb 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
February 25, 2011Press play to listen Whenever I talk to a high school coach who quit, they always say the kids were great, but the parents drove them crazy. Doesn’t matter what sport. But when I coached the Ann Arbor Huron high school hockey team, I was...
by admin | Feb 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
February 18, 2011Press play to listenLast week my beloved television went Poof! It’s seven years old – or, 14 in sports writer years. So, what great sports events have I missed? Well, I can’t be sure, of course, but I’m willing to bet: Not...
by admin | Feb 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
February 11, 2011Press play to listen 45 years ago, the Super Bowl… wasn’t even the Super Bowl. They called it the NFL-AFL Championship Game, until one of the founders renamed it after watching his grandson play with a “High Bouncing Ball” – a super ball. ...
by admin | Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
January 14, 2010As you know from the Bacon Blog last week, I’m working on a book about Michigan football. Titled Third and Long: Three Years with Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines, it will be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and will be on...
